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French
Etymology
From vertu + -eux. Cf. also Late Latin virtuōsus. Piecewise doublet of virtuose.
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Adjective
vertueux (feminine vertueuse, masculine plural vertueux, feminine plural vertueuses)
- virtuous
- Antonym: vicieux
1832, Honoré de Balzac, La Femme de trente ans:Je suis une femme très vertueuse selon les lois : je lui rends sa maison agréable, je ferme les yeux sur ses intrigues, je ne prends rien sur sa fortune, il peut en gaspiller les revenus à son gré, j’ai soin seulement d’en conserver le capital.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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